Needless to say, Nick Simper and The Nasty Habits playd an unforgettable show – powerful, rousing, I wish they do it one more time.

On March 14th 2009 Mr. Simper played his third concert here and the Nasty Habits were once again much more than faithful accompanists. Together they celebrated the beloved, but seldom heard Deep Purple hits from the early years.

The Reigen Club in Vienna is a well known location for people who haves an interest in highbrow music.
It is permanent venue of the Blues Spring and the Jazz Festival Vienna and a lot of famous musicians
like Al Di Meola or Brian Auger for example performed there.

The Nasty Habits are a powerful Viennese rock band, specialized to support rock stars in Austria.
The first part of the show contained a couple of usual Nasty Habits songs to warm up. For the second part, Nick Simper came on stage to came true a dream.

I met fans from all over Europe – Poland, Croatia, UK, Germany, Switzerland and of course, from the high moutains of Austria.

Yeah Crimson,indeed,they are my mk 1 faves too.The rest of the set list the songs my The Doors,Traffic,Stones,Derek and dominoes(the great and the address)Hush by Grand Funk were great too.
Nick Simper is a real nice guy.

Back to Earth,err i mean Down to Earth (remember?)The set list is amazing.I miss a lot Nick.I think he deserved a big spot and a project of the size of his talent and good taste.
The Nasty Habits have a real good taste too.

Down To Earth?
I do remember that album almost everyday, still love to hear it and lots of Bonnet after that as well.
But what has DTE to do with……this thread?
Ah, I get it, you felt in heaven because of READING about it alone?

Truly one of the best DP lineup.
Well… maybe they didn’t create modern music (and that became the reason why Nick&Rod left the band), but MKI has an fabulous songs, and not only songs but PIECE OF MUSIC, Lord’s aoutstanding organ soloes and his influence, Ritchie’s compositions and Rod Evans’ deep sweet voice still amazes me.
And yeah, April is probably one of the most psychodelic and depressing composition I’ve ever listened to.
Love them

Many thanks to all the Deep Purple fans who attended my recent gigs with the Nasty Habits in Austria. It was tremendous fun to revive the Mark I act, and the enthusiasm of the audience proved that the original Purple songs still sound good, even after 40 years! The Nasty Habits were excellent, as usual. They really deserve to be recognized as one of Austria’s most original bands, writing and performing great songs. Thanks to them, I was able to play the old numbers once more, in front of some lovely people. I hope that we can do it again in the near future and I will look forward to meeting you all once more. Thanks again, and all good wishes.